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21:57 24th Nov 2012

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Tags: latin america chile israel palestine palestinians arab gaza gaza strip

Chileans Protest in Support of Gaza

Hundreds of people took to the streets in front of the Israeli Embassy in Santiago, Chile’s capital, to protest Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip.

Chile, despite being so far away from Israel and Palestine, is home to around 350,000 ethnic Palestinians, which makes it the country with the largest group of ethnic Palestinians living outside of the Arab World

07:53 25th Dec 2011

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Tags: Arab give back philanthropy charity Aramex

Simply tweet #IWishSomeoneINeverMet with your your wish for today’s youth. For every tweet, Aramex will invest 1 USD in the education of Arab youth ♥

20:03 28th Oct 2011

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07:33 8th Sep 2011

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Tags: hip hop rap music globe international development africa Arab Tunisia

Hip Hop and Global Unrest

Hip hop culture has taken young people off the streets, and at the same time, it has armed them with new kinds of oppositional knowledge and the means for self-organization. In the revolutionary movements sweeping the Arab world, rap music has emerged as a soundtrack for youth rebellion. Rap songs protesting police violence and authority have spread from Tunisia to Egypt through Youtube, ringtones and MP3s. The Tunisian rapper El Général was arrested and detained by the regime for his biting rhymes. But his music spread through Facebook and Al Jazeera television coverage, and upon his release he became an icon for the movement in his own nation and beyond.

Two of El Général’s songs — “President Your People are Dying” and “Tunisia, Our Country” — also spread to Libya and were included on a mixtape produced by a local dissident group there. Rap has flourished among the rebel forces who ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Songs by the Libyan rapper Ibn Thabit, including “Tripoli is Calling,” and “Dirty Colonel,” have become an anthem for young people involved in the upheavals.